Cigar



(No Model.)

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CIGAR. I No. 348,814. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOT'ILIEB BAER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CIGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,814, dated September 'I, 1886.

Application filed March 9, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB BAER, of Springfield, in the county of Hanipden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oigars,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a cigar having a short section of straw inserted in its drawing end or tip, to which the wrapper of the cigar is jury to-the latter, while said tube forms a portion to which the wrapper can be positively secured by gum, thereby obviating any liability of the wrapper becoming accidentally loosened, as would be the case if it were secured to the filling.

Of the accompanying dra\vings,-forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side view of a cigar having my improved ti-p. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the mold in which the cigar is formed.

In carrying out my invention I form the filling or body of the cigar in the usual manner and place it in a mold, in, which gives it its proper shape before the wrapperis placed up on it. IVhile the body of the cigar is in the mold I, insert in the head end,or the end which is placed in the month, an awl or pointed instrument, t, (shown in dotted lines,) the end of the mold having an orifice, 0, for the reception thereof. A perforation extendinginto the head of the cigar to any desired distanceis thus formed, into which I insert asection, a, of tubular straw. I then remove the body of the cigar from the mold and apply the wrapper or covering-layer 10, which is wound closely around the end of the straw and secured thereto by a suitable gum.

Serial No. 158,137. (No model.)

It will be seen that the straw tube insures freedom of draft and constitutes a tip which, by reason of its somewhat yielding nature, is agreeable to held between the teeth, while it is sufiiciently stiff to prevent it from being readily crushed or collapsed by the pressure it receives. The straw is also combustible and burns without any unpleasant odor; hence it is notin any way objectionable in case the cigar is consumed around a part of the straw. It will also be seen that the straw and the wrapper gumnied to it efl'ectually prevent fragments of tobacco from getting into the smokers mouth. The body of the cigar may therefore be made of scraps of tobacco without any liability of the escape of the scraps into the month.

I am aware that previous to my invention it has been proposed to provide a cigar with a glass tube for a mouth-piece, and also that wood or cane tubes have been secured in the cigar by means of springs. In the first instance the glass becomes heated and chips. In the latter case the springs loosen and split the filling, destroying its dense condition. I am also aware that cigarettes have had their wrappers attached to short straw sect-ions to receive an independent mouth-piece.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a cigar having annolded filling, a compressible or yielding combustible straw tube located in said molded filling, as described, and projecting therefrom atone end,and a wrapper snugly incasing said filling upon the said tube and secured to the projecting portion thereof by gumming or otherwise, substantialiy as set forth.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of February, 1885.

GO'ITLIEB BAER.

Witnesses:

JEROME Z. SMITH, WALTER H. DRowN. 

